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The Death of the Virgin

1639
17th century
395 x 316 mm (15.6 x 12.4 in.)

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, (1606–1669)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching and drypoint

State: Second of three states

Print impression quality: Good to very good; black areas weakening

Marks: Signed in plate, lower left

Marks: Watermark: Strasbourg Bend and Lily with initials WR, as “Strasbourg Bend D.a.” in Ash and Fletcher’s Concordance (p. 179)

Bibliography: Bartsch 99 third state; Hollstein 99 second of three states; White and Boon 99 second or third of three states. For student research on the DAC’s Rembrandt holdings’ watermarks vis-à-vis Nancy Ash and Shelley Fletcher’s concordance Watermarks in Rembrandt’s Prints (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998), see object file Rembrandt Watermarks 2000.

Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds in honor of Jean A. Shaw and Richard H. Wood (BA Wesleyan 1958, former DAC Registrar of Collections), 1984

Accession Number: 1984.12.1

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Bible, death, mothers, New Testament, religions, religious art*

Bible
death
mothers
New Testament
religions
religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]

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plate Dimensions: 395 x 316 mm (15.6 x 12.4 in.)

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, (1606–1669) . The Death of the Virgin, 1639. Etching and drypoint. Second of three states. plate : 395 x 316 mm (15.6 x 12.4 in.). DAC accession number 1984.12.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds in honor of Jean A. Shaw and Richard H. Wood (BA Wesleyan 1958, former DAC Registrar of Collections), 1984. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: R. Lee) .

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